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PhD Sibylle DRIEZEN

17/09/2019 - 16:00

Sibylle Driezen obtained on September 17 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Geometry of integrable and supersymmetric sigma models
Joint PhD with Swansea university
Promotors: Prof. Alexander Sevrin & Prof. Daniel C. Thompson

PhD Saskia DEMULDER

16/09/2019 - 15:00

Saskia Demulder obtained on September 16 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Duality and resurgence in integrable sigma-models
Joint PhD with Swansea University
Promotors: Prof. Alexander Sevrin & Prof. Daniel C. Thompson

PhD Gabin Thibaut OUMBE TEKAM

04/07/2019 - 16:00

Gabin Thibaut Oumbe Tekam obtained on July 4 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Microwave Energy Harvesting Using Metasurfaces
Promotors: Prof. dr. Vincent Ginis & Prof. dr. Jan Danckaert

PhD Seth MOORTGAT

20/05/2019 - 10:00

Seth Moortgat obtained on May 20 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
First measurement of the cross section of top quark pair production with additional charm jets with the CMS experiment
Promotor: Prof. dr. Jorgen D'Hondt

PhD Quentin PYTHON

07/05/2019 - 16:00

Quentin Python obtained on May 7 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Search for displaced Supersymmetry in events with two leptons with large impact parameters with the CMS detector at the LHC.
Promotor: Prof. dr. Freya Blekman

PhD Douglas BURNS

18/12/2018 - 16:00

Douglas Burns obtained on December 18 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Measurements of differential top quark pair production cross sections as a function of kinematic event variables at 13 TeV at CMS.
Joint PhD with University of Bristol
Promotors: Prof. dr. Freya Blekman & Prof. dr. Joel Goldstein

PhD Simon VERCAEMER

05/11/2018 - 16:00

Simon Vercaemer obtained on November 5 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Commissioning of the SoLid experiment for the observationof electron antineutrinos at the BR2 reactor
Joint PhD with Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotors: Prof. dr. Petra Van Mulders & Prof. dr. Nick van Remortel

Cleanroom voor CMS experiment constructie: de "wire bonding" machine is geinstalleerd

16/10/2018 - 15:30

Vandaag is de robot geinstalleerd die gaat worden gebruikt bij de constructie en assemblage van de onderdelen van de vernieuwde CMS tracker detector.

Nick van Eijndhoven: 'We hebben een nieuw venster op het heelal geopend '

01/08/2018 - 05:30

Onze aarde ligt constant onder vuur. Star Trek is er niks bij. Naar de bron van de deeltjes die onze planeet bestoken werd al sinds 1910 gezocht en is nu eindelijk gevonden.

PhD Gwenhaël de Wasseige

24/07/2018 - 16:00

Gwenhaël DE WASSEIGE obtained on July 24 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Solar Flare Neutrinos in the Multi-Messenger Era: Flux Calculations and a Search with the IceCube Neutrino observatory
Promotor: Prof. dr. Nick van Eijndhoven